Co-mailing of diverse publications using an electronic press
First Claim
1. A system for operating an electronic press responsive to electronic representations of matter to be printed to produce a plurality of diverse publications from data stored in associated publication databases wherein the data stored in each publication database are ordered in a certain sequence, comprising:
- means for establishing a job database having the data from the publication databases stored therein wherein such data are ordered in a job sequence specifying an order in which the matter is to be printed and wherein the job sequence is different than the certain sequences of the publication databases; and
means for controlling the electronic press in accordance with the data in the job database and the job sequence.
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Abstract
A press controller for operating an electronic press to produce a plurality of diverse publications from data stored in associated publication databases establishes a job database having data from the publication databases stored therein and controls the electronic press in accordance with the data in the job database. The present invention allows books of diverse publications to be co-mailed and thereby obtain postal discounts.
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1. A system for operating an electronic press responsive to electronic representations of matter to be printed to produce a plurality of diverse publications from data stored in associated publication databases wherein the data stored in each publication database are ordered in a certain sequence, comprising:
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means for establishing a job database having the data from the publication databases stored therein wherein such data are ordered in a job sequence specifying an order in which the matter is to be printed and wherein the job sequence is different than the certain sequences of the publication databases; and means for controlling the electronic press in accordance with the data in the job database and the job sequence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for operating an electronic press to produce a plurality of diverse publications from records stored in associated separate publication databases wherein each publication comprises at least one version of a number of books to be sent to recipients and each record includes a plurality of fields including a recipient address field comprising:
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first means for establishing a job database; second means for establishing a sort table; means for loading the sort table with data from recipient address fields from the publication databases; means for comparing data in the sort table to determine a postal sort order for records from the publication databases; means for storing the records from the publication databases in the job database such that the records are ordered in the postal sort order; and means for controlling the electronic press in accordance with the records in the job database and the postal sort order. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A method of controlling an electronic press responsive to electronic representations of matter to be printed in accordance with first and second publication databases wherein each database includes data ordered in a certain sequence and defining books of an associated publication, the method comprising the steps of:
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assembling the data from the first and second publication databases into a job database wherein the data are ordered in the job database in a job sequence specifying an order in which the matter is to be printed and wherein the job sequence is different than the certain sequences; and operating the electronic press to produce books in accordance with the job sequence. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for operating an electronic press responsive to data representing a plurality of diverse publications to be produced, comprising:
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means for specifying a production sequence of the plurality of diverse publications to achieve postal discounts; and means for controlling the electronic press to produce the plurality of diverse publications in the production sequence. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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